Nothing better than low scoring World Series games. Every pitch is life and death. A great defensive play is even greater than it normally would be. Chicks can dig the long ball all they want, but THIS is baseball at its best.

pup wrote:Nothing better than low scoring World Series games. Every pitch is life and death. A great defensive play is even greater than it normally would be. Chicks can dig the long ball all they want, but THIS is baseball at its best.

So much for my prediction of massive offense. But you gotta love these games.

/Buck is fine. McCarver...you just have to go with it. He's not the worst ever, we could have Hawk. And yes, Vin would be ideal, but he works alone, which would mess with protocol. And lest the God of baseball smote me with this statement, Vin has lost a step in recent years. Sometimes he trips up over names and gets a little 'senior'. But he is still at %85, and %85 of Vin is %190 of anyone else. Besides the weather and the girls, he's one of LA's real joys.

I've been rooting for the Rangers since they're being in the WS has totally messed with Red Sux fans and their feelings of being entitled blowing up. However D-Pronk, yours is a kinder, gentler choice for picking a team. Now I'm torn: tick off Red Sux fans or root for Westbrook?

pup wrote:Nothing better than low scoring World Series games. Every pitch is life and death. A great defensive play is even greater than it normally would be. Chicks can dig the long ball all they want, but THIS is baseball at its best.

Well I'M a "chick" (more like old hen ) but I completely enjoy a pitchers' battle. Even better when a pitcher wins a 1-0 game for himself by driving in the run!

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"

bookelly wrote:So much for my prediction of massive offense. But you gotta love these games.

/Buck is fine. McCarver...you just have to go with it. He's not the worst ever, we could have Hawk. And yes, Vin would be ideal, but he works alone, which would mess with protocol. And lest the God of baseball smote me with this statement, Vin has lost a step in recent years. Sometimes he trips up over names and gets a little 'senior'. But he is still at %85, and %85 of Vin is %190 of anyone else. Besides the weather and the girls, he's one of LA's real joys.

Well except when it came to tv broadcasts as he teamed with Joe Garagiola while they did games for NBC.

Galley Boys are slop on top of a so-so burger and a bun you coulde get from a Covneninet food mart generic pack. They the Antoine Joubert of burgers; soft, sloppy, oozing grease and cheap sauce and extremely overrated by a biased fan base. Proof that if you throw enough cheap sauce shit on a burger you still can't overcome the lame burger. -JB

Rangers play so aggressive ... I respect it. Game 1, send Kinsler and he gets gunned, contributing to a loss. Down 1-0 in the 9th, Kinsler gets on ... they send him again. Manufacture the winning two runs with just two hits.

I think the Cards bullpen is gonna continue to wear down. I think that win last night was the series for the Rangers, who I expect to come home and get their bats cooking down in Arlington.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

swerb wrote:Rangers play so aggressive ... I respect it. Game 1, send Kinsler and he gets gunned, contributing to a loss. Down 1-0 in the 9th, Kinsler gets on ... they send him again. Manufacture the winning two runs with just two hits.

I think the Cards bullpen is gonna continue to wear down. I think that win last night was the series for the Rangers, who I expect to come home and get their bats cooking down in Arlington.

Painful to watch Hamilton with no lower half just standing up there flicking balls to left field. Rangers are going to need someone to step up and help carry the offense like Cruz did in ALCS if they're going to win it.

swerb wrote:Rangers play so aggressive ... I respect it. Game 1, send Kinsler and he gets gunned, contributing to a loss. Down 1-0 in the 9th, Kinsler gets on ... they send him again. Manufacture the winning two runs with just two hits.

I think the Cards bullpen is gonna continue to wear down. I think that win last night was the series for the Rangers, who I expect to come home and get their bats cooking down in Arlington.

Ranger's pen has shown dents too. And Ogondo in hi-def isn't pretty.

Ogando is one of the ugliest human beings I've seen in my life.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

swerb wrote:Rangers play so aggressive ... I respect it. Game 1, send Kinsler and he gets gunned, contributing to a loss. Down 1-0 in the 9th, Kinsler gets on ... they send him again. Manufacture the winning two runs with just two hits.

I think the Cards bullpen is gonna continue to wear down. I think that win last night was the series for the Rangers, who I expect to come home and get their bats cooking down in Arlington.

swerb wrote:Rangers play so aggressive ... I respect it. Game 1, send Kinsler and he gets gunned, contributing to a loss. Down 1-0 in the 9th, Kinsler gets on ... they send him again. Manufacture the winning two runs with just two hits.

I think the Cards bullpen is gonna continue to wear down. I think that win last night was the series for the Rangers, who I expect to come home and get their bats cooking down in Arlington.

I think that may have been the greatest baseball game I've ever seen. My God. I can't wait for tonight.

David Freese. That has to be the single most heroic big game performance in baseball history, right? A triple in the bottom of the ninth to cap a comeback and send it into extras. Then a walkoff HR in the bottom of the 11th to win it? Are you serious? Then the mobbing, the disrobing, the pandemonium in the stands ... all happening in one of America's best baseball cities at quarter to one in the morning on a cold late October night.

So many epic subplots and plays in this game. Had to wake up at like 5 AM to get in the office this morning. I was laying in bed wired after this one ended for like an hour. In awe of what I saw last night.

First game seven in nine years tonight. Cards going with Carp on short rest. Ron "I'm not changing shit now" Washington will go with Matt Harrison.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

If the top of the 1st is any indication of how the game will be I suggest we all pull up a comfy chair, stock up on plenty of and grab a generous supply of Fun Stuff! Funny thing is there are a lot of people up here, when I've asked if they're watching the World Series, answer with "no". Guess it isn't being played unless the guys from Beantown aren't in it. sheesh...

swerb wrote:...David Freese. That has to be the single most heroic big game performance in baseball history, right? A triple in the bottom of the ninth to cap a comeback and send it into extras. Then a walkoff HR in the bottom of the 11th to win it? Are you serious?...

And the fact that he's a "local" who grew up watching the Cards makes it even more special.

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"